Entitled Entitle ɪnˈtaɪtl Verb Bre Pension Reach Everyone's

• you will be entitled to your pension when you reach 65.
• everyone's entitled to their own opinion.
• this ticket does not entitle you to travel first class.
• he read a poem entitled ‘salt’.

entitle

1. to give somebody the right to have or to do something
• You will be entitled to your pension when you reach 65.
• Everyone's entitled to their own opinion.
• This ticket does not entitle you to travel first class.
2. to give a title to a book, play, etc.
• He read a poem entitled ‘Salt’.

Extra Examples

• Of course, he’s entitled to his opinion but I think he’s wrong.
• Passengers will be entitled to a full refund of the cost of the ticket.
• The authorities were entitled to act as they did.
• The company launched a huge marketing campaign entitled ‘Buy Blue’.
• The discount vouchers entitle you to money off your electricity bill.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they entitle
• he / she / it entitles
• past simple entitled
• past participle entitled
• -ing form entitling

Word Origin

• late Middle English (formerly also as intitle): via Old French from late Latin intitulare, from in- ‘in’ + Latin titulus ‘title’.